Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cold temperatures and wintry weather hit Western North Carolina hard earlier in December, but as we start the first day of winter, ...

All hail the darkest night and the rebirth of the sun. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days are dimming, Yule is nigh, and the winter solstice, the proverbial long night of the soul, is at hand. The ...

The winter has arrived at the doorstep of the northern hemisphere, announced by the coming of the winter solstice. And though temperatures have not started to plunge—yet—South Carolina is bracing for ...